US4480294A - Lamp that can be thrown - Google Patents

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US4480294A
US4480294A US06/447,122 US44712282A US4480294A US 4480294 A US4480294 A US 4480294A US 44712282 A US44712282 A US 44712282A US 4480294 A US4480294 A US 4480294A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V15/00—Protecting lighting devices from damage
    • F21V15/04—Resilient mountings, e.g. shock absorbers 
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F21L—LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION
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  • the invention relates to a lamp utilizable principally, though not exclusively, by law enforcement bodies, which can be thrown alight from a distance.
  • the lamp can be best used at the time members of the administrations concerned in the preservation and enforcement of public order are conducting actions of irruption into dark and unforseeable areas where ill disposed or dangerous persons lurk. It is, in fact, necessary, in such circumstances, to illuminate the surroundings and this frequently leads to consequences drastic for the members of the law enforcement bodies who are physically exposed to the malefic intentions of individuals who live by crime.
  • the main object of the invention through which the aforementioned difficulties are overcome, is to construct a novel lamp that can be thrown by the operator into areas that are in the dark, with the rapidity the circumstance requires, so that the said area be illuminated completely in a number of directions, with the lamp remaining alight and intact for future use.
  • Another important object of the invention is to construct a lamp whose light source function is in no way jeopardized, even after having been thrown a number of times and after having been subjected to a number of impacts, since it is composed prevalently or totally of shockproof material, such as, for example, a rubbery material.
  • the last but by no means least object of the invention is to construct a lamp that can be thrown with adequate precision and that, once it has been thrown, quickly comes to rest in a stable position, the casing being preferably polyhedral, for example in the form of a cube.
  • FIG. 1 shows, in a perspective view, the lamp forming the subject of the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a partial section of the lamp along the line II--II in FIG. 1.
  • the lamp in question is formed by a cube shaped casing 2 whose major part is composed of soft rubber in such a way as to deaden the fall and brake rolling motion subsequent thereto.
  • each side 3 is provided with a lamp 5 placed on its own parabolic reflector 5a, supplied by a battery (not illustrated on the accompanying drawing since an explanation of the concepts of the invention does not require other than a mention), which can be recharged by inserting the plug 7 provided into a mains connected socket.
  • a lamp 5 placed on its own parabolic reflector 5a, supplied by a battery (not illustrated on the accompanying drawing since an explanation of the concepts of the invention does not require other than a mention), which can be recharged by inserting the plug 7 provided into a mains connected socket.
  • the light can also be produced by one single lamp 5--of a suitable voltage--fixed at the center of the structure, with a light that can be focused, through means known to technicians in the field concerned, in the region of the screens 4 in the casing 2.
  • a switch 8 which, in the described embodiment, is the one and only switch for all the lamps in the contrivance and, depressed at the time the lamp is thrown, causes light to radiate in all directions. It is obvious that at least the switch 8, the plug 7 and the screens 4, are placed in indentations or recesses numbered 8a, 7a and 4a, respectively, formed in the casing 2 for the purpose of preventing the lamp 1 suffering any damage after it has been thrown.
  • the lamp according to the invention there are no set dimensions for the lamp according to the invention, though they must not be such as to hinder or be excessively voluminous for the movements of the operator. To enable the lamp to be carried more easily, it is provided with a supporting hook 9, this too inserted in a recess 9a.
  • the way in which the lamp 1 is constructed allows easy access for the eventual replacement of each and every component part.
  • details have not been given herein of the way in which they are disposed since a description is not pertinent to the concepts of the invention and, in any case, the arrangement of the component parts inside the lamp 1 can easily be established by the average technician.

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US2879381A (en) * 1956-09-24 1959-03-24 Robert G Coffey Flashlights
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GB2223090B (en) * 1988-09-03 1992-07-08 Raymond William Georg Phillips An inspection lamp
US5209562A (en) * 1990-09-20 1993-05-11 Glassford Joseph B Utility light
US5400230A (en) * 1993-12-06 1995-03-21 Nicoletti; Leonard D. Pillow light
US5670786A (en) * 1995-07-18 1997-09-23 Uvp, Inc. Multiple wavelength light source
US6558024B2 (en) * 1999-11-30 2003-05-06 Rohm Co., Ltd. Casing of image sensor and method of making the same
US6588748B2 (en) 2001-06-12 2003-07-08 Wolow Manufacturing Corp. Lighted dice
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WO2003019070A3 (en) * 2001-08-24 2003-04-24 Eveready Battery Inc Lighting device
US7185996B1 (en) * 2003-09-08 2007-03-06 Susan Caprio Shake lighting dice key holder
US20060221599A1 (en) * 2005-04-01 2006-10-05 Hornsby James R Lighting and display apparatus
US20060262529A1 (en) * 2005-04-01 2006-11-23 Hornsby James R System and method for extracting and conveying modulated AC signal information
US7520633B2 (en) * 2005-04-01 2009-04-21 Cepia, Llc Lighting and display apparatus
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US20070019417A1 (en) * 2005-07-19 2007-01-25 Pan Wun F Pattern decoration having diffuse ray
US20090067160A1 (en) * 2006-05-08 2009-03-12 Bernard Cook Electric light body
US20090090291A1 (en) * 2007-10-09 2009-04-09 Clothier Steven R Signal and marker tool
USD590085S1 (en) * 2007-10-16 2009-04-07 Zumtobel Lighting Gmbh & Co. Kg Light
US20120024221A1 (en) * 2009-06-15 2012-02-02 Clothier Steven R Signal and marker tool
US20130003349A1 (en) * 2010-11-08 2013-01-03 Lg Innotek Co., Ltd. Lighting apparatus
US9383066B2 (en) * 2010-11-08 2016-07-05 Lg Innotek Co., Ltd. Lighting apparatus
US10234103B2 (en) 2010-11-08 2019-03-19 Lg Innotek Co., Ltd. Lighting apparatus
US20140226319A1 (en) * 2013-02-08 2014-08-14 Christopher Howell Tactical Throw Light
US9437109B1 (en) 2014-06-24 2016-09-06 Joseph V. Stafford Emergency safety marker system
US9940839B2 (en) 2014-06-24 2018-04-10 Strobe Saver, Llc. Emergency safety marker systems
CN108332088A (zh) * 2018-02-01 2018-07-27 胡冰心 一种立方体多样化式灯具
CN108332088B (zh) * 2018-02-01 2020-12-15 山东丰硕建筑劳务有限公司 一种立方体多样化式灯具

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